LLANTHONY PRIORY

The Augustinian priory of Llanthony by Gloucester was built in 1136 by the prior and canons of Llanthony in the Black Mountains (SO 22 NE 1), who had been driven from there by the Welsh, and was given the name of Llanthony Secunda to distinguish it from its parent house. It was dissolved in 1538. Part of the gatehouse and precinct wall survive, and it is thought that part of the church was encountered during excavations of the nearby canal in the 19th century. Dependencies: St Mary's Hospital, Gloucester, Duleek Priory, (Ireland), and Llanthony Prima, (Wales).

The Augustinian priory of Llanthony by Gloucester was built in 1136 by the prior and canons of Llanthony in the Black Mountains (SO 22 NE 1), who had been driven from there by the Welsh, and was given the name of Llanthony Secunda to distinguish it from its parent house. It was dissolved in 1538. (For details of the remains, see accompanying map diagram). (2,3)

2. Most important medieval remains of Priory buildings, including farm house, tithe barn, precinct walls, gatehouse and various other structures and foundations. The whole site is of great archeological interest. AM. (4)

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(1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 25" 1955

(2) edited by William Page, F.S.A. 1907 The Victoria history of the county of Gloucester, volume two

The Victoria history of the counties of England Page(s)87-91

(3) General reference

Anglo-Saxon and Md Gloucester 1952 68-69 (L.E.W.Fullbrook-Leggett)

(4) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE(HHR) City of Gloucester, Glos, March 1973, 41.

(5) by David Knowles and R Neville Hadcock 1971 Medieval religious houses in England and Wales